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W. F. MARSHALL.

PENCIL.

APPLICATION man oc. 21. |916.

Patented Dec. 3, 1918'.

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WILLIAM F. MARSHALL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

PENCIL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 3, 1918.

Application filed October 21, 1916. Serial No. 126,837.

To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM F. MAR- SHALL, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at the borough of Manhattan, in the city, county, and State of New of this invention and the best mode now known to me of applying that principle, Figure l is an elevation, partly in section, of a pencil provided with my new nose-piece; Fig. 2 is a section onthe line 2-2 of Fig. l, the handle being omitted; Figs. 3, 4 and 5 are sections on the lines 3 3, I-e and 5-5, respectively, of Fig. 2.

The tubular handle a is of the same kind as has heretofore been used. In the mouth b of this handle a, there is inserted the base end of the nose-piece c. This nose-piece is split or two-part and consists of two substantially identical halves d, e, one of which is shown in Fig. 2. These halves d, e, are made of sheet metal and are stamped, by which process of manufacture cheapness of manufacture `is attained. The exteriors of the halves d, e, are formed with threads f to admit of the engagement of the halves d, e, by the cap g, which engagementr is flanges jcounty and State of `day of October,

effected by screwing the cap g upon the halves d, e, of the nose-piece c, these halves being held in proper relation to admit of the operation being carried out. It is to be observed that the longitudinalk edges h, z', of each half of the nose-piece c are flanged, as shown at 75,', Figs. 3 and 4 and at z", Figs. 3 and 5. The flanges h, z", enable the halves al, e, of the nose-piece c to be held firmly in assembled relation and prevent the opposed edges l1., z', from slipping past each other, when the structure is being assembled. A collar j formed on the nosepiece c serves as an abutment or stop to limit the inward travel of the cap g, the movement of which over the nose-piece c serves to release and tighten the jaws la with respect to the lead m passing therebetween.

I claim:

A split, thin, sheet-metal pencil nose-piece comprising two parts each of which is formed with a lead-gripping jaw, said parts being formed exteriorly with means for engagement with the pencil-cap and with that extend along the longitudinal edges of the parts and are arranged to prel vent the same from slipping out of registry with each other when they are being assembled and locked in registry with each other by engagement with the pencil-cap.

Signed at the borough of Manhattan, city, ew York, this 20th A. D., 1916, in the presence of the two undersigned witnesses.

WILLIAM F. MARSHALL. f Witnesses:

FRANCIS H. BALDWIN, M. E. WoARnELL.

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